Phone Call from Pussellawa

After returning to town and the vicarage, I found a shop with IDD (international direct dialling)phones I was somehow able to call my parents.
This was after what I understood to be a short visit, and after 3 hours of thinking, and laughing, "There is no way I'll make it back to Kurunegala in time to call them." Because of my passing the Hindu temple and not being "strong" I was 200 rupees short, and that cuts the call by about 5 minutes. Drat! So I was thinking" There is no way to call them" and "I didn't bring enought to call them."Turns out, there is some kind of time shift in the Northern Hemisphere that does not happen at the equator, so even when I called I was 13 hours ahead, thanks to the time zones.At 6:30 am US time my mom, clearly having been woken by the phone, tried to convince me she was wide awake, almost as well as a drunk person can convince someone who is sober they are good to drive. After my father came on the phone things were much better, and mom went to get her coffee.I taught my dad 2 phrases I had just learned that day, "bathroom engay?" and "pear enna" both of which share the root en, which shows is a question. I had learned a few phrases from the Father and his family, and my sharing it with my parents was a way to "give back" to the US.Now, if they ever come to Sri Lanka or parts of India they can ask for the bathroom, and for the person's name.My parents were supposed to ask what this meant at church, we'll see if they did.